The Works of F. Rabelais, M. D. Or, The Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and Pantagruel . Done out of French by Sir Tho. Urchard,.With a large Account of the Life and Works, of the Author, particularly an Explanation of the most difficult Passages in them Never Before Publifh'd in any Language
by Rabelais, Francois (c1494-1553)
London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694. Second English-lanquage Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694., London.12mo, half leather, gte, 8.25 x 14.5cm.(vi), clvi, (i, with errata), (xxiv), 230; viii, 9 - 208. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Rabelais with quote from Theodorus Beza dated 1552. Ownership name of Joseph Oliver, New Orleans, February 6, 1865 front fly. late 19thc binding, leather spine darkened.
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SIEGFRIED & THE GODS OF TWILIGHT (cover title). THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG: A TRILOGY WITH PRELUDE BY RICHARD WAGNER
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrated by). Wagner, Richard. Armour, Margaret (translated by)
NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1911. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Issued with Heinemann in London, printed in England. Quarter cloth, gilt pictorial and titles pressed to floral patterned cream color covers. All 30 tipped-in plates present. Solid copy, little sign of use, lightly foxed endpapers, prelims/rears. Internals fine.
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Moods and Moments
by Radenkovitch, Yovan
NY: Oquaga Press, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. A fine copy, unnumbered but personally signed by Radenkovitch on the limitation page with a lengthy contemplation about youth to a marreid couple of fellow artists and dated West Cornwall (CT) 1957.
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The Century Edition de Luxe of Raemaekers' War Cartoons, with descriptive chapters (Volume One only)
by Raemaeker, Louis. Roosevelt, Theodore (forward by). Allison, J. Murray (edited by )
NY: The Century Co, 1917. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Volume 1 of 2 only, in printed olive-colored canvas wrapper as issued by publisher. 1050 copies, this copy unnumbered.
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mane-katz
by RAGON, Michel Mane-Katz (art of)
Paris: Georges Fall, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. 8vo, yellow cloth boards, stamped title in black, 92pp, 52 b&w illustrations on 6 double-sided plates, plus 12 tipped-in colour plates. INSCRIBED by Mane-Katz in Russian and French in New York 1968 on the half title. Text in English and French.
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Kinnell, Galway
by BODY RAGS
London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. Ist UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dw. A collectible copy. 100 copies, this number68 signed by Kinnell.
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Kinnell, Galway
by BODY RAGS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dw. A collectible copy.
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Kinnell, Galway
by BODY RAGS
London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. Ist UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dw. A collectible copy. 100 copies, this number52 signed by Kinnell.
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I Have No Faith Left for the Devil to Take
by Rahbar, Sara. Grenier, Catherine (text)
NY: ArtAsiaPacific Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Not issued with Jacket. As new, hardcover copy, removed from publisher's shrinkwrap in order to catalog. Beautifully published, colored reporoductions od the art of Iranian mixed media artist Rahbar. Patterned paper over boards with insets that mimic mask.
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National Publishing Company's New Railroad, Post Office, Township and County Map of New York with Distances Between Stations Compiled from the Latest Governement and State Surveys and Original Sources Price $5.00
by (New York). (Railway). (Railroad)
Boston: National Publishing Company, 1901. Hardcover. As New. Amazingly preserved 1901 map of all railroads in New York State, in almost new condition. We unfolded it just once to take image and get measurement, approx 48 x 42". 55 panels, 11 arcoss, 5 down, with middle outer panel affixed - as issued - to panel folder, which, itself is as new - brown paper over board with gilt titles. In color, as bright as issued. The only blemish... Read More
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GENERAL AMERICAN TANK CAR JOURNEYS: WHERE INDUSTRIAL LIQUIDS COME FROM AND WHERE THEY GO
by (General American Tank Car Corporation). (Railroads)
Chicago: General American Tank Car Corporation, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Trade publication promoting the railroad tank car and ist consequence to the US economy. Identifies all chemical (and some foodstuff liquids) and how the tank car enables by way of safe, speedy transportation the products and commodities it delivers. 4to, brown patterned pebbled cloth, gilt titles, 189p, illustrated with charts, graphs and b&w images, plus some striking ArtDeco chapter title vignettes. Uncommon railroad item.
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Athletic Year Book 1916 Eastern Pennsylvania Division (Pennsylvania Railrad)
by (Pennsylvania Railroad)
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo, faux crushed leather covers, gilt titles spine, 136 pages. Pictorial, organizational and statistical record of all the "company" or "intrmural" athletci teams of the Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, covering all kinds of indoor and outdoor sport - shuffleboard, basketball, football, tennis volleyball, etc, withphots of both railriad executives and teams and individual athletes at sport, plus hundreds of advertisements for Penn vendors and businesses allied to the... Read More
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Portfolios Of Photographs of the World's Fair. Art Series Nos. 1-15
by (Chicago). (Michigan Central Railway0
Chicago: The Werner Company, 1893. Soft cover. Good. Paper covers, oblong, numbers 1-15 of a 6 part series, published as a weekly series by The Werner Company, Chicago, the series sponsored and sold by the Michigan Central Railway. Covers detached in most issues and missing altogether for number 11. Each issue with 15-16 photographs. Internals nice - full page b&w photos with complete captions of all aspects of structures and exhibits for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. ... Read More
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Technik, Technologie und technische Intelligenz in Geschichte und Gesellschaft eine Dokumentation und Evaluation historisher, soziologischer und oekonomischer. Forschung zur Begruendung einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Technikforschung
by Rammert, Werner
Bielefeld: University of Bielefeld, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Title in english: Technics, Technology and Technological Intelligence in History and Society - A Documentation and Evaluation. OCLC list no copies of this publication, although it lists 2 copies of an apparently related title. Report 3 in the Science Series of Bielefeld University. Red paper covers printed in red, perfect bound, xx, 222 pp. The abstract to the publication which includes a table of contents and a... Read More
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Basohli Painting
by Randhawa, M.S.
Calcutta: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, 1959. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine -/Very Good +. small pieces missing top and bottom of spine, a closed tear, wrapper still clean and bright, bottom corner front panel slightly frayed.
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TRADEMARKS AND SYMBOLS OF THE WORLD
by Rand, Paul (preface by). Kamekura, Yusaku
NY: Reinhold, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Square 4to. Worn dustjacket with some large-ish chips, and stained lower edge. The leaves are slightly"buckled" from wetness or dampness, but the pages are not discolored, so this copy has fine utility as a reference copy or as a copy form which to digitalize some of the hundreds of designs. Priced accordingly, too.
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Open Space in Urban Design
by Rapuano, Michael and Dr. PP Pirone and Brooks E Wigginton
Cleveland: Junior League of Cleveland, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Printed by The Spiral Press.
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THE SECRET RIVER
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Weisgard, Leonard (illustrtator)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A posthumously published children's title by Rawlings about an African American girl in Florida. A fine, apparently unread copy in near fine price-clipped dustjacket.
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THE RELATION SHIP
by Raworth, Tom. Hall, BArry (drawings)
London: Gollaird Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 45o hardbound copies. Fine, unused copy in publisher's glassine, gently toned about edges. Poet's first book.
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The Bible Hand-Book; for Sunday-Schools and Bible-Readers. With One Hundred and Fifty Engravings, and Twenty-Five Maps and Plans. Third Edition
by Albert L. Rawson
NY: R. B. Thompson & Co, 1870. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo, publishers' brown linen, blind- ruled and stamped. Front cover just holding on, requires recasing, minor loss to cloth over spine. Internals near fine.
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Sculptures and Woodcuts of Reder
by Reder, Bernard (scuplture of). Rewald, John
Florence: Sansoni Editori, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fine, unused copy in dustjacket with minor wear at corners. Laid-in is exhibition catalog, with text also by author Rewald, for an exhibition of Reder's work at World House Galleries in Manhattan in Jan - Feb 1959.
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LETTERS FROM AN ACTOR
by Redfield, William. (Gielgud, John) (Burton, Richard)
NY: Viking, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A series of letters from American actor William Redfield (1927 - 1976) to his friend, Robert Mills, between January and August of 1964 which chronicle the rehearsals and performances of Hamlet, a production conceived and directed by Sir John Gielgud as a modern-dress "rehearsal" of the play. Hamlet was played by Richard Burton; during rehearsals in Toronto he and Elizabeth Taylor were married for the first time. Redfield, cast... Read More
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The Collector and Other Poems
by Redgrove, Peter
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine -.
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Eliel Saarinen - Master of Design
by Redi, Kenneth
Pencil Point Press, 1936. Soft cover. Near Fine. Reprint of pictorial essay on archietct Eleiel Saarinen and his work from Pencil Point issue of Sept 1936.
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Guide to Taxidermy
by Reed, Chas K. an d Chester A. Reed
Worcester MA: Chas. K. Reed, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. New Edition - Enlarged and Re-written. Fifteehth Thousand as stated on title page. 303pp, illustrated plus ads rear. Stamped cloth cover with pictorial pastedown of bald eagle. Old owner name ffe. Solid copy.
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